India: Fewer constitutional matters in Supreme Court

<p class="body">Just 7 per cent of the judgments passed by the Supreme Court last year dealt substantially with Constitutional matters, an analysis of the court’s rulings has shown.</p><p class="body">The new findings, alongside earlier ones by legal researcher Nick Robinson, point to the growing proportion of routine appeals in the apex court's workload as against core Constitutional matters.</p><p class="body">The problem, senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan said, is structural. “I have suggested that the SC’s Benches should be split into three separate divisions — public law, civil law and criminal law,” he said.</p>
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